hobbled

Example Sentences

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"She just looked up, waved her hand as if to say: 'Come what may' and hobbled on."

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Attacks on pipelines and other energy infrastructure have also hobbled crude markets.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 24, 2026

In 1988, for a walk-off home run by the hobbled Kirk Gibson in the World Series: “In a year that has been so improbable, the impossible has happened!”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

An orange car pulled into the parking lot, with a busted taillight, and a few members of the group got up and hobbled over.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

The heavy red dress she wore brushed across the floor, tossing up dust as she hobbled to an ornate chair behind a round table.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool